{"id":175013,"date":"2018-08-05T00:25:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T04:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=175013"},"modified":"2018-08-05T00:25:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T04:25:55","slug":"ph-assumes-coordinatorship-asean-china-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/05\/ph-assumes-coordinatorship-asean-china-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"PH assumes coordinatorship for ASEAN-China Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the Philippines’ coordinatorship began Thursday, right after a meeting between the foreign ministers of ASEAN and China. (PIXABAY PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— The Philippines has officially taken over from Singapore the role of country coordinator for the China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dialogue.<\/p>\n

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the Philippines’ coordinatorship began Thursday, right after a meeting between the foreign ministers of ASEAN and China.<\/p>\n

DFA Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, before leaving for Singapore, said the Philippines will be playing a “crucial role” as the country coordinator for the dialogue, particularly as both parties work towards the early conclusion of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC).<\/p>\n

“We have a very good window to not only include but make part of the whole code of conduct the protection of marine environment,” he told reporters in a press conference last week.<\/p>\n

The 10-member bloc and China have already expressed hopes on the COC’s conclusion by November 2018, when ASEAN leaders and its dialogue partners meet for the ASEAN Summit.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the joint communique of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting revealed that ASEAN and China had agreed on a Single Draft COC Negotiating Text during the 15th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Meeting on the Implementation of the DOC on June 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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